Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-07-14
UNIVERSITY
Or THE
STATE0F MISSOURI.

COLUMBIA, Boone Co., Mo-, June 20, 1887.
To The Clerk Of the Iron County Court:
SIR-It is my duty to inform you that, I'M
der the provisions of an act of the General
Assembly, approved April l, 1872, vide
Session Acts. 1872, PIP. 1853, and Rev. Stat.
1879, Sec. 1861, 726S, your county is entitled
to send to the departments of the State Uni
versity at Columbia and Rolla, during the
year ending June !, 1883, five students,
between the ages of Sixteen and Twenty five
wears, Under the rules adopted by the Board
of Curators, students 'shail possess good
moral character, and shall pass satisfactory
examination in photography, reading, writing,
arithmetic and geography" and must pay
the fees prescribed by said act, to wit: On
matriculating, an entrance fee of ten dollars,
and contingent fee of five dollars, and hike
contingent fee at the beginning of the second
half year, making the whole annual charge
twenty dollars; which must be paid by every
student, except regularly ordained ministers
of tbs gospel, belonging to any Of the various
religious denominations in this State, and
INDECENT Young men preparing for the minis
try. For the schools OF Law and Medicine
an Engineering, the annual charge is forty
dollars, each. The session of all the depart
ments, under the presidency of Samuel s..
Laws, LID, will begin on the
Second Tuesday, Il 3th] of September,
and will continue until the first Thursday of
June, C7th) 1SSS-except that of the School of
begin aud end one week later.
Ample provision has been made for the
education and care of young women in all the
| classes Of the University. and a course of
| study specially adapted for them has been
| adopted. See catalogue 1856 81, pages 81 to
| 90 and 1862 to 1853.
| | beg to call your attention to the appended
extract from the law on this subject. I GU
will please, after giving two weeks puhlica-
| ton to this certificate, transmit 20 Hl0, on or
before September ISt, a list of the names OF
! all the youth of your county who intend to
make application for entrance into the Uni
versity at the commencement of the next SEES
sion. If such list is not transmitted, students
| from other counties will be allowed o enter in
| lieu of those to which your county is entitled.
Board can be had in clubs in the college
| building for male students at 81 25 per week
in private families at $500 to $3.50.
I am very resnectfuliv, YOUR ob't serv't,
J. H. DRUMMOND Secretary
Board OF Curators, University Of Missouri.
ssThe Secretary of the Board of Curators shall.
cause to be transmitted to the Clerk of each
| County Court in this State certificate, stating
| the number of pupils that such county is enLi-
| tied to send to the State University the next
| scholastic year, which certificate shall be pub
| lished BY each County Clerk for two weeks, in a
newspaper published In such county. The eX-
pense thereof to be allowed blythe County Court
and paid for out of the County Treasury"
| Persons desiring to enter the State Univer-
| sity at Columbia. or Rolla, are required to
| make known their intention to me on or be-
| fore September l, 1887.
| Catalogues of the University can be had on
application to the University Librarian, Col
mhis, Mo-, or at my office or the office of the
| County,School Com'r.
VIM. A. FLETCHER,
| Clerk County Court Iron Co., Mo